I was in an Oxfam shop yesterday and saw a rather tatty copy of The Rough Guide to Southwest USA, but at £3.50 it was more than I wanted to pay. I was telling Sharlene about it on Skype and she said that was a shame as it would be a useful book for the two of us.

Anyhow, I was in the RSPCA charity shop today and they had an unread, pristine copy of the same book for only £2. Needless to say I got it.

The Works/Booksale has 'Terry Pratchett - The Spirit of Fantasy' by Craig Cabell for just £2.99. I haven't bought it myself as I've not been impressed by write-ups of it. But if you simple HAVE to have it, then £2.99 is a lot cheaper than the full price.

I had a look through it Tony I would be hard pushed to pay 99 pence for it, a lot of it is copied from other sources and is not orignal to the book, as noted in the front page stating permission from Colin Smythe to use it.So it's a big cut and paste jobbie with just some observations/comments from the author.

He willnae tak' a drink! I think he's deid! , on the other hand though A Midgie in yir hand is worth twa up yir kilt.